The Republicans should throw a fit. They have been forced to pay for FEMA and they deserve a return on their forced investment. The Democrats insisted that FEMA is vitally necessary for disaster relief, and all they do by not paying is confirm Republican/conservative arguments that the federal government is unfit for the job.

Since the bill in question is a pork bill not a hurricane relief bill, rbb, your comment about voting for a Katrina bill has no significance. You need to get a clue (along with all of your thieving buddies).

Let me see. There is $$ going to Alaska for the Hurricane Sandy Bill? WTF does that have to do with recovery in NJ and NY.the Bill is $80 billion when it is estimated that the destruction was at $20 billion.

Am I missing something here? Where is the rest of this monstrosity of a bill going to?